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Tag: plaid

Trial and Error: getting a little creative

I’m still working on the green blouse to match my dress and it’s taking way longer than I expected for two reasons: 1) it’s too friggen hot; and 2) I’ve had to rework some of it because my brilliant plan didn’t pan out. Since Monday, we’ve been having a bit of a heat wave. I… Read More Trial and Error: getting a little creative

July 31, 2015 Samantha Schmidt1 Comment

Finishing touches

As I said in my previous post, I made this dress once before and made a total mess of the inside. I would be so embarassed if anyone were to look at the inside, but I can’t bear to get rid of it because I still love the cut and fabric. I was determined to… Read More Finishing touches

July 25, 2015July 24, 2015 Samantha Schmidt1 Comment

Preparing the fabric

One of the hardest habits I’ve had to break is rushing to put all of my pieces together and divorcing myself from my sewing machine. The two biggest lessons I’ve learned are the value of hand-stitching and taking pains to prepare my pattern, fabric and marking not in chalk but thread tracing. When making my… Read More Preparing the fabric

July 2, 2015July 27, 2015 Samantha Schmidt2 Comments

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Hello! I’m Sam! I’m an elementary school French and Art teacher and I live with my husband and two young kids in a two-bedroom apartment. We chose not to have a car and try really hard to live a low-impact life. But I also really, really love making clothes.

I’ve been sewing pretty much my whole life, but it’s been in the last five years or so that I’ve really committed to changing my clothing consumption habits and thought really hard about my style. This blog is something of a record of that journey.

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